Rotating Equipment Engineer

$150,000 - $165,000/Yr

The Recruiting Group - Houston, TX

Full-time

Houston, TX

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Rotating Equipment Engineer is responsible for providing technical support for rotating equipment in maintenance and operations. This role involves developing long-term plans for equipment upgrades and maintenance strategies, ensuring operational integrity, and leading efforts during operational upsets or outages. The engineer will also focus on proactive monitoring, quality assurance, and continuous improvement of equipment care strategies.

Responsibilities

• Ensure operating procedures are in place for critical equipment like air and reciprocating compressors.
• Ensure operational rounds are clearly defined for rotating equipment integrity.
• Act as the Rotating Equipment lead during operational upsets or planned/unplanned outages.
• Identify and risk assess threats to safe, stable operation of rotating equipment.
• Provide Tech Assurance for Management of Change for rotating equipment.
• Develop and continuously improve Equipment Care Strategies for rotating equipment.
• Support the RCM process for rotating equipment.
• Provide rotating equipment expertise on root cause investigations.
• Champion the Learner Mindset when approaching technical issues.
• Provide technical support for scope development.
• Develop the QA/QC plan and provide Quality Assurance on critical repairs.
• Support the planning process for maintenance execution.
• Support operations in developing decontamination plans to preserve equipment.
• Responsible for auxiliary system plan and functional testing.
• Provide assurance that learnings, changes, and repairs are documented in the Integrity Management System.
• Provide engineering support for the Vibration Analysis program.
• Provide engineering support to condition monitoring specialist on System 1.
• Develop equipment monitoring requirements and templates for critical equipment.
• Provide contract owner/holder responsibilities for various contractors.
• Identify and eliminate performance and integrity issues in rotating equipment.
• Identify growth/margin projects, develop business proposals, and execute through projects.
• Maintain a technology implementation plan to improve reliability, process safety, and efficiency of equipment.
• Review and summarize history of critical machines.
• Responsible for performance monitoring and testing, developing and verifying performance programs and models.
• Ensure equipment files are up to date and complete.
• Consult on investigations and participate in HAZOP and PHA.
• Perform technical proactive monitoring on critical equipment.
• Support inspector on updating Bill of Materials.
• Support the Refinery and Chemical Sr. Rotating Equipment support engineer on site items.
• Design and repair equipment using industry standards, site standards, and best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Engineering Degree or equivalent in technical/engineering discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in the industry, preferably including work in Operating Units.
• Experience with Rotating Equipment supplier supervision.
• Vibration Diagnostics skills, with the ability to analyze and diagnose machinery vibration.
• Experience with Rotating Equipment Support for Operation and Maintenance.
• Surge Testing skills and experience.
• Experience in Plant Turnarounds, Maintenance, Start-up, and Shutdown.
• Experience with relationship and contract management of OEMs and contractors.
• Experience in HSSE and quality management.
• Experience with Rotating Equipment Construction, Installation, (Pre) Commissioning, and Testing.